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the president leading both gingrich and romney, both in florida and both in south carolina. i assume you were as surprised by some of these numbers as i was. >> he's getting pretty much what he was getting nationally and that's surprising in terms of the president's support, but when you match him up against the likely rivals, either romney or gingrich, what obama is getting in these two things is he's getting what he got four years ago. he narrowly carried florida. he's ahead in florida, but his numbers is pretty much what he got. he's still in the mid-40s and that's where he ended up last time in south carolina. you have a tough republican primary contest and as a result of that, you have a lack of republican unity right now. if that comes together don't expect president obama to carry south carolina this time when november rolls around. >> i remember right before november of 2008 there would be polls that show the president performing well in south carolina and then a team like all of the undecided vote went republican. >> yeah. that's the table for that occurring right n
the president leading both gingrich and romney, both in florida and both in south carolina. i assume you were as surprised by some of these numbers as i was. >> he's getting pretty much what he was getting nationally and that's surprising in terms of the president's support, but when you match him up against the likely rivals, either romney or gingrich, what obama is getting in these two things is he's getting what he got four years ago. he narrowly carried florida. he's ahead in florida,...
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if it's a dead even race, i think both sides think secretly, romney carries florida. i think new hampshire feels as if it's ever so slightly trending towards him. colorado is another one that feels as if perhaps it is trending slightly republican. and look, that gets him to 248. there's a wildcard here in pennsylvania. the president has had this structurally and it seems as if that's been sitting out there. wisconsin is a state that is -- that is an early -- it is a same day registration voter, so that makes it difficult. then you've got virginia and ohio. and i'm going to throw pennsylvania back here because pennsylvania is a state where they said romney is going in there. position of strength or weakness? >> i'd go for weakness. i think not quite hail mary, but somewhere in that neighborhood. >> and i'll let you jump in on pennsylvania. i want to show you why pen opinion might matter to them. if you don't believe ohio works for romney, and you take out -- if you give them -- if he gets pennsylvania and ohio, he doesn't need virginia and it's at 277. but if you take
if it's a dead even race, i think both sides think secretly, romney carries florida. i think new hampshire feels as if it's ever so slightly trending towards him. colorado is another one that feels as if perhaps it is trending slightly republican. and look, that gets him to 248. there's a wildcard here in pennsylvania. the president has had this structurally and it seems as if that's been sitting out there. wisconsin is a state that is -- that is an early -- it is a same day registration voter,...
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mitt romney's schedule, they're both going to iowa and new hampshire today. but they're going to crisscross and their planes may pass in the day. maybe they somewhere over south bend, indiana. you're watching our last special edition from charlotte. we'll be right back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. [ male announcer ] fedex office. there are projects. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them eve
mitt romney's schedule, they're both going to iowa and new hampshire today. but they're going to crisscross and their planes may pass in the day. maybe they somewhere over south bend, indiana. you're watching our last special edition from charlotte. we'll be right back. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did...
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the president and romney both spent time at one of the most vend rabl campuses and they have different runs on the same crimson track. good morning from washington and happy memorial day weekend. it's friday, may 25th, 2012 and this is "the daily rundown." i'm in for chuck todd. let's get to the first reads. we are heading to memorial day weekend and it feels like labor day and politics. president obama is hammering mitt romney more than five months before the election, trying to define him as a wealthy and out of touch corporate raider. last night at the fairgrounds, where romney famously sparred with hecklers, the president jabbed romney again and again. >> the gain from his experience as a financial ceo, it explains something and why the last time he visited these very same fairgrounds, he fame usually declared that corporations are people. human beings, my friends. that's what he said. >> the president had this to say about romney's warning on the federal debt. nbc's senior political editor mark murray is here with me now. good morning, rock. did you like my boston accent? >> yes.
the president and romney both spent time at one of the most vend rabl campuses and they have different runs on the same crimson track. good morning from washington and happy memorial day weekend. it's friday, may 25th, 2012 and this is "the daily rundown." i'm in for chuck todd. let's get to the first reads. we are heading to memorial day weekend and it feels like labor day and politics. president obama is hammering mitt romney more than five months before the election, trying to...
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is both embrace and running away from his father's legacy. it is george washington's birthday, some places call it presidents' day. it is monday, february 20th n honor of chris matthews' obsession with this, we will stay is washington's birthday. get right to my first read of the morning, mitt romney's do or die week. romney now trailing in national polls and in the latest public policy polling, public polling out of michigan, he has got to reverse the momentum, catch rick santorum and stop the gop hand wringing. all comes down to this week for him. wednesday, the republican candidates meet for their only scheduled debate before super tuesday in arizona, which along with michigan voter is a week from tomorrow t is the first debate since santorum swept those con tests in colorado, minnesota and missouri. a weak performance by romney could ensure an upset in michigan and can santorum get under romney's skin? friday, romney lays out a modified version of his kmek economic plan, ford field of all places where the detroit lions play. romney is exp
is both embrace and running away from his father's legacy. it is george washington's birthday, some places call it presidents' day. it is monday, february 20th n honor of chris matthews' obsession with this, we will stay is washington's birthday. get right to my first read of the morning, mitt romney's do or die week. romney now trailing in national polls and in the latest public policy polling, public polling out of michigan, he has got to reverse the momentum, catch rick santorum and stop the...
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they're both in ohio today. romney's falling behind there as well as in florida. if romney can't win ee thf of those states, it's not just check, folks. it's checkmate. >>> it's a quickly changing landscape for control of the senate. the lift is getting a bit heavier for republicans while the most watched contest in the country, the brown/warren battle, gets even uglier in massachusetts. >>> and ann romney hits the late night circuit, sitting down with jay leno giviing her take on th 47% punches. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. let's get to our first reading on -- reads of the morning. president obama makes another trip to ohio. romney definitely needs to put ohio back in play. the president simile wants to put it away. >>> today romney is out with a straight-to-camera ad. the ad itself is a bit of an admission that the 478% comments have done serious damage and the attacks on his personal wealth are also sinking in. take a look at the ad. >> president obama and i both care about poor and middle-class fami families. the difference is my policies will
they're both in ohio today. romney's falling behind there as well as in florida. if romney can't win ee thf of those states, it's not just check, folks. it's checkmate. >>> it's a quickly changing landscape for control of the senate. the lift is getting a bit heavier for republicans while the most watched contest in the country, the brown/warren battle, gets even uglier in massachusetts. >>> and ann romney hits the late night circuit, sitting down with jay leno giviing her...
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president obama and mitt romney. both with some down days as all eyes are on the storm and of course, here in tampa. it is a live edition of "the daily rundown" right here on the "morning joe" set. thanks, guys. we'll be right back. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? with such power, even chuck norris could respect it. twice the stain fighting power as the next leading liquid value brand. era, the only detergent that's chuck norris approved. is mitt romney leading the republican party or is it sometimes the other way around? this week's convention is a perfect opportunity to put that to rest. joining me now, wisconsin republican senator ron johnson, point man for on capitol hill and illinois republican congressma
president obama and mitt romney. both with some down days as all eyes are on the storm and of course, here in tampa. it is a live edition of "the daily rundown" right here on the "morning joe" set. thanks, guys. we'll be right back. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else...
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both gingrich and romney are also speaking at the hispanic leadership network conference cochaired by former florida governor jeb bush. >>> gingrich's performance in the new nbc news/wall street poll both he and romney would face an uphill climb in november. it is sort of odd that the last policy had gingrich ahead. and a lot happened, but is this poll about new gingrich or about mitt romney. >> i love that you use big bold letters. >> and i think what this is about is that newt gingrich has constituency that is an inch -- is an inch wide and a mile deep. rom are rot new is doing well everywhere, and -- >> bill, one thing we learned about in the head to head that we did is, boy, there's a core of the republican party that is the core base. it's tea partiers, it's southerners, very conservative voters. can you win a nomination only with that, on you do recall need other parts of the party. >> traditionally or nominee is someone who's acceptable to the conservative part of our party, but broadly okay across the party. i think speaker gingrich will do very well in southern primaries not
both gingrich and romney are also speaking at the hispanic leadership network conference cochaired by former florida governor jeb bush. >>> gingrich's performance in the new nbc news/wall street poll both he and romney would face an uphill climb in november. it is sort of odd that the last policy had gingrich ahead. and a lot happened, but is this poll about new gingrich or about mitt romney. >> i love that you use big bold letters. >> and i think what this is about is that...
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it's good for you. >>> as you can see, we are waiting for both secretary clinton and mitt romney. both of them are expected to speak any minute now. we understand mitt romney may be do a press availability first, and we are waiting on second clinton. let's bring back our panel. bobby, let me get your sort of final understanding here. how tough should we get on egypt for basically not acting like an ally here? >> i would be very surprised if in the next 24 hours the egyptian president has not gone on television to express his condolences. if he has not then, i think a strong nudge would be required. i am sure he is hearing from the american embassy even as we speak. if i can make a point about the internet and the outrage that it causes. >> yes. >> let's not forget that it's not simply the internet that does this. this is not a spontaneous explosion out on the streets. there's an industry of outrage whose job is to take what they find on the internet and crank it up and feed that out on the street and provoke this kind of violence. that's the job we need to address. that's the kind
it's good for you. >>> as you can see, we are waiting for both secretary clinton and mitt romney. both of them are expected to speak any minute now. we understand mitt romney may be do a press availability first, and we are waiting on second clinton. let's bring back our panel. bobby, let me get your sort of final understanding here. how tough should we get on egypt for basically not acting like an ally here? >> i would be very surprised if in the next 24 hours the egyptian...
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pat robertson and mitt romney both won the straw poll but lost the caucuses. >>> when we come back, the expectation ames. iowa legend mr. made-right sandwich himself david, right here at java joes. we're yaching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. my contacts are so annoying. they're itchy, dry and uncomfortable. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus technology, keeping your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. if you have astigmatism, there's an acuvue® oasys lens for that too, realigning naturally with every blink. ask your doctor for acuvue® oasys brand. realigning naturally with every blink. naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one cal
pat robertson and mitt romney both won the straw poll but lost the caucuses. >>> when we come back, the expectation ames. iowa legend mr. made-right sandwich himself david, right here at java joes. we're yaching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. my contacts are so annoying. they're itchy, dry and uncomfortable. i can't wait to take 'em out, throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys...
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both obama and romney are pivoting. the pivot from candidate, from president to candidate can be awkward for some. yesterday was definitely a turning point. >> you go back to 2008 in the economic crisis and barack obama and john mccain faced that moment where they had the economic crisis in the middle of the campaign. john mccain said, let's stop the campaign to focus. obama said you have to be able to deal with government problems and campaign at the same time. he has experienced it, juggling both balls. that's what you are seeing right now in washington. he is president and defining the fall. >> i understand that. when you make this decision to go. at some point, when you are sitting pr sitting president, he is getting a lot of criticism. one of the criticisms on your side of the aisle, that's unpresidential. he does have to be a candidate. >> he does have to be a candidate. once you turn the corner and become the campaigner and chief, people look at you through different lenses. >> which is a fact of life. >> it is a
both obama and romney are pivoting. the pivot from candidate, from president to candidate can be awkward for some. yesterday was definitely a turning point. >> you go back to 2008 in the economic crisis and barack obama and john mccain faced that moment where they had the economic crisis in the middle of the campaign. john mccain said, let's stop the campaign to focus. obama said you have to be able to deal with government problems and campaign at the same time. he has experienced it,...
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you just interviewed both mitt romney and ann romney. you had come away with the same impression that she's -- this is getting to her a little bit. >> any spouse feels the pain of their own husband going through this. i think ann romney is showing some of the strains that we know are going on inside the campaign. she told me she felt that her husband was being demonized. here she's telling conservatives to stop it, that this is hard. why don't you get into the ring. it is hard. national human reactions but also i think illustrating the strains of how difficult it is for mitt romney to try to get better known and rehabilitate some of these negative image problems. >> quickly on foreign policy. the romney campaign's trying to bring it back. we just saw dan senor this morning talking about syria. but the white house reaction on libya has been very slow. is this a potential problem? >> well, it is. we've seen it in our polling, as you pointed out, that some decrease in that lead on handling of foreign policy for the president. there's no que
you just interviewed both mitt romney and ann romney. you had come away with the same impression that she's -- this is getting to her a little bit. >> any spouse feels the pain of their own husband going through this. i think ann romney is showing some of the strains that we know are going on inside the campaign. she told me she felt that her husband was being demonized. here she's telling conservatives to stop it, that this is hard. why don't you get into the ring. it is hard. national...
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now, despite the focus on foreign policy fight, both the president and romney have also seemed anxious on the trail yesterday to turn back to domestic issues. look at romney. he tried to boost support among women. every speaker at the romney rally in virginia, other than romney, was a woman. the campaign made sure women were featured prominently behind romney when he spoke. >> i had a chance to meet a woman entrepreneur. i met a lot of them. i met one and said to her, how duties your business started? she said, well, my husband lost his job -- >> stumping in colorado the president tried to connect with voters on the personal level as he's been doing using his own biography in an attempt to show a subtle contrast with romney. >> let's face it, a mixed kid from hawaii born to a single mom is not likely to become president of the united states. >> then there was vice president biden who stumped in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin. ryan was back on capitol hill to vote for a six-month stopgap spending bill and he got a hero's welcome from the conference. >> great to be here. great to be
now, despite the focus on foreign policy fight, both the president and romney have also seemed anxious on the trail yesterday to turn back to domestic issues. look at romney. he tried to boost support among women. every speaker at the romney rally in virginia, other than romney, was a woman. the campaign made sure women were featured prominently behind romney when he spoke. >> i had a chance to meet a woman entrepreneur. i met a lot of them. i met one and said to her, how duties your...
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in ohio, gingrich and romney are both virtually even with the president, up 43% to 42%. in pennsylvania, they both trail the president. but it's not a drastic difference. if you recall, there was a drastic difference when it was rick perry and mitt romney fighting it out of play. those were the two people we were matching them up against. romney needs electability. if he loses that, that is going to be even tougher for him, particularly when this fight moves to florida. finally, speaking of poll, rick perry is desperate to catch up in iowa, and he's now making a frankly desperate and direct appeal to evangelicals with this new ad. >> i'm not ashamed to admit that i'm a christian. but you don't need to be in the pew every sunday to know that there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate christmas or pray in school. as president, i'll end obama's war on religion. >> well, rick perry is just the latest republican to try and capture iowa's religious and social conservatives who have yet to coalesce behi
in ohio, gingrich and romney are both virtually even with the president, up 43% to 42%. in pennsylvania, they both trail the president. but it's not a drastic difference. if you recall, there was a drastic difference when it was rick perry and mitt romney fighting it out of play. those were the two people we were matching them up against. romney needs electability. if he loses that, that is going to be even tougher for him, particularly when this fight moves to florida. finally, speaking of...
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just how short is the shortest path to 70 for both the president and mitt romney? but first, before we get to all that, look up what's on our radar this morning. of course, it's our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. july was an ugly month on the trail and on the airwaves, and the negative campaign took a toll on how voters view both the president and mitt romney. the president's negative rating, 43%. second highest reported since he took office. mitt romney, the highest recorded for him. our poll finds a resurgence of anxiety about the economy. just 27% believe the economy will improve in the next year. that's down a whopping eight points from a month ago. but the president still leads in our poll. mitt romney arrived this morning in london, the first stop on a three-country foreign trip that will also take him to israel and poland. you're looking at pictures of romney and his wife ann arriving in london. the first three days of romney's visit will feature visits with david cameron, former prime minister tony blair, and he'll attend friday's olympic opening
just how short is the shortest path to 70 for both the president and mitt romney? but first, before we get to all that, look up what's on our radar this morning. of course, it's our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. july was an ugly month on the trail and on the airwaves, and the negative campaign took a toll on how voters view both the president and mitt romney. the president's negative rating, 43%. second highest reported since he took office. mitt romney, the highest...
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both candidates facing very different electability challenges. our new "wall street journal" poll is ahead. another showdown on capitol hill after the house passes their version of the payroll tax extension with a potential poison pill as far as senate dems are concerned and federal workers face another looming government shutdown. >>> and donald trump pulls the plug on his much ballyhooed republican debate after newt gingrich and rick santorum promised to show up. that's not the reason he cites for dropping the plan. it's wednesday, december 14th, 2011. 20 days until the caucuses. it's "the daily run down." i'm chuck todd. to my first reads of the morning, according to the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, two leading republicans have one thing in common, electability problems. mitt romney's political action committee is spending millions of dollars in iowa to send the message that newt gingrich will have a problem beating the president. >> why is this man smiling? because his plan is working. brutally attack mitt romney and hope newt gin
both candidates facing very different electability challenges. our new "wall street journal" poll is ahead. another showdown on capitol hill after the house passes their version of the payroll tax extension with a potential poison pill as far as senate dems are concerned and federal workers face another looming government shutdown. >>> and donald trump pulls the plug on his much ballyhooed republican debate after newt gingrich and rick santorum promised to show up. that's not...
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. >>> plus president's speech drew fire right away from both romney and newt gingrich. new ads out this morning prove that the candidates have plenty left over to go after each other. six day toss go before the crucial florida primary. we're live in the sunshine state and we've got new poll numbers. >>> also on his way into the chamber, we overhead the president great ladle leon panetta when something. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. well, this morning we learned what it was all about. a daring nighttime raid by navy s.e.a.l.s in somalia rescuing two hostages including 32-year-old american relief worker. we're going to go to the pentagon for the latest on this incredible operation. it's wednesday january 25th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. whew, i swear each day gets busier. >>> my first reads of the this morning. the state of the union address was not a campaign speech per se, but it's clear the pop you list rhetoric will dominate. a country where the wealthy do really well while a growing number of americans barely get by, unquote. >> the s
. >>> plus president's speech drew fire right away from both romney and newt gingrich. new ads out this morning prove that the candidates have plenty left over to go after each other. six day toss go before the crucial florida primary. we're live in the sunshine state and we've got new poll numbers. >>> also on his way into the chamber, we overhead the president great ladle leon panetta when something. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. well, this morning we learned...
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welcome to both out. dan, let me start with you with what mitt romney is doing tonight. mitt romney seems to be deciding he is going to go after newt gingrich, does avenue newt gingrich problem or a mitt romney problem? >> he has got a combination of both. part of what happened in south carolina was a mitt romney problem. he was on the defensive all week. did he not have good debates, he was on the defensive over the tax issue which he now tried to take off the table, but he was -- i talked to somebody in south carolina late last week who said he just is not an effective closer in these primaries and in the debates, he has got to back more effective. that is part of the problem. clearly august problem with gingrich who feels he has a head of steam and try to take the momentum that he got out of south carolina and move forward here in florida and he has got two debates this week to try do that. >> susan, we have been trying to remind people that florida may be a swing state. right. >> but in a republican primary it is a very conservative elector rat. rick scott wouldn't b
welcome to both out. dan, let me start with you with what mitt romney is doing tonight. mitt romney seems to be deciding he is going to go after newt gingrich, does avenue newt gingrich problem or a mitt romney problem? >> he has got a combination of both. part of what happened in south carolina was a mitt romney problem. he was on the defensive all week. did he not have good debates, he was on the defensive over the tax issue which he now tried to take off the table, but he was -- i...
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romney won both state caucuses, in some cases by huge numbers. nevada's delegates are bound to those results on the first ballot. still, it means who's going to be showing up to this convention? and a quick look at big votes in two states tomorrow. dick lugar is making his last pitch to state republicans ahead of a primary that could end his almost four decades in washington. the 36-year senate veteran is trying to slow the momentum of a tea party-supported challenger, richard murdoch. could lugar really lose by double digits? also tomorrow, wisconsin democrats will select governor scott walker's challenger for the june recall election. milwaukee mayor tom barrett appears to be the front-runner in tuesday's vote. walker beat barrett just 19 months ago in the 2010 general election. we didn't even bring up north carolina's gubernatorial primary tomorrow. who's going to run with tomorrow for the governor's race down there in a battleground state that's going to matter? anyway, lots of stuff going on our. our political panel will be here next, but fi
romney won both state caucuses, in some cases by huge numbers. nevada's delegates are bound to those results on the first ballot. still, it means who's going to be showing up to this convention? and a quick look at big votes in two states tomorrow. dick lugar is making his last pitch to state republicans ahead of a primary that could end his almost four decades in washington. the 36-year senate veteran is trying to slow the momentum of a tea party-supported challenger, richard murdoch. could...
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to romney. in both iowa and new hampshire, republican voters say lec abili electability and experience are less important than those that share their value positions. expect more attacks on romney like the one from perry yesterday questioning his authenticity on some conservative positions. you see here, it is cain who is taking advantage of it. you see him overperforming as well among the more self-described conservatives in our new hampshire survey. it is not enough to close that gap with romney at all but when you look at what's going on among iowa republicans, you see why perry is trying to do what he is doing. there is a big chunk of conservative voters not going to romney. still sampling the candidates. the president travels to another swing state, pennsylvania. he will visit a union training center in pittsburgh and hold a meeting of his jobs council and on to another swing state, florida, for two fund-raisers in orlando. our nbc news marist poll shows the president has his work cut out f
to romney. in both iowa and new hampshire, republican voters say lec abili electability and experience are less important than those that share their value positions. expect more attacks on romney like the one from perry yesterday questioning his authenticity on some conservative positions. you see here, it is cain who is taking advantage of it. you see him overperforming as well among the more self-described conservatives in our new hampshire survey. it is not enough to close that gap with...
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i want to move to both wisconsin and new hampshire. i want to put up some job approval numbers for the president. because what's interesting in new hampshire and iowa in particular, the president's job approval was below his ballot cast. >> yeah. and that's what we're seeing here. look, when you're at 49 or 50, that's an okay number. but that doesn't put a lock on this by any stretch of the imagination. so whether it's his approval rating or what he's getting in the bat lot question against mitt romney, he doesn't have to look too far over his shoulders to see that that's mitt romney. he still only has 50%. the approval rating is a key barometer and, again, high 40s. still an iffy number. it's a very close race and it's gotten closer in each of these three states. >> i want to just emphasize one more time, the job approval rating for the president is 48/48. that looks like a ballot test as much as anything else. and finally, if this election is about the economy, we need to put up our last poll numbers, again, we have the president lea
i want to move to both wisconsin and new hampshire. i want to put up some job approval numbers for the president. because what's interesting in new hampshire and iowa in particular, the president's job approval was below his ballot cast. >> yeah. and that's what we're seeing here. look, when you're at 49 or 50, that's an okay number. but that doesn't put a lock on this by any stretch of the imagination. so whether it's his approval rating or what he's getting in the bat lot question...
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it's a tough state. >> fact of the matter is romney won both states four years ago when he was considered the conservative stop mccain alternative. now of course santorum and gingrich splitting the stop romney alternative. finally in minnesota, caucuses begin at 8:00 p.m. about 672,000 voted in 2008 and in a caucus which does allow same day voter renlg vags. voters in colorado's caucuses, they begin showing up at 9:00 p.m., turnout in 2008 was about 70,000. and when the caucus only opened to registered republicans and a deadline to register that passed six weeks ago, expect only party activists. and for the first time, all four candidates will be in different states to watch the returns come in. santorum is in missouri. romney colorado. ron paul, minnesota. and gingrich is in ohio. why? he's likely to come in third or fourth in both contests where his name is actually on the ballot. in missouri it's not on the ballot. so where is gingrich? in a super tuesday state. >>> in a huge reversal, the obama administration is giving its blessing to a pro obama super pac called priorities usa and is
it's a tough state. >> fact of the matter is romney won both states four years ago when he was considered the conservative stop mccain alternative. now of course santorum and gingrich splitting the stop romney alternative. finally in minnesota, caucuses begin at 8:00 p.m. about 672,000 voted in 2008 and in a caucus which does allow same day voter renlg vags. voters in colorado's caucuses, they begin showing up at 9:00 p.m., turnout in 2008 was about 70,000. and when the caucus only opened...
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both romney and the president are inexperienced in a one-on-one debate format. few details on the format. the president and romney will be at podiums, standing, not sitting, and there will be no basic time limits on their answers. it's not 90 seconds, buzzer, things like that. it's up to the discretion of the moderator, jim leierer. that's going to be up to him. but there's supposed to be a lot of leeway here over how long the conversations go. the debate is on domestic policy. 90 minutes is supposed to be devoted to the economy specifically with governing and health care. but we'll see if the general nature of those areas allows libya to come up, which we know the romney folks want to do. debates are as much about style as substance and this is a reality show where obama and romney will meet in the first time in nearly five years before their biggest audience of the campaign. the first 2008 presidential debate between the president and john mccain got seven times the audience of the highest rated 2012 republican primary debate. think about that. seven times. pa
both romney and the president are inexperienced in a one-on-one debate format. few details on the format. the president and romney will be at podiums, standing, not sitting, and there will be no basic time limits on their answers. it's not 90 seconds, buzzer, things like that. it's up to the discretion of the moderator, jim leierer. that's going to be up to him. but there's supposed to be a lot of leeway here over how long the conversations go. the debate is on domestic policy. 90 minutes is...
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both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go large. it might just work and it's not too late. what do you think, susan? does mitt romney need to take risks and go big? >> one thing is for sure. the debate this week in denver
both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go large. it might just work and it's not too late. what do you think, susan? does mitt romney need to take risks and go big? >> one thing is for sure. the debate this...
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both mitt romney and rick santorum seem to be trying to snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory while they are unloading on each other, they seem to be digging deeper holes for themselves. this while some party insiders still openly talk of that knight in shining armor as infighting on the right takes its toll, nbc's new battleground map shows good news for the president's re-election coming in the industrial midwest including michigan. what does that tell you about the past few weeks? that's our deep dive today. overnight, another strike against nato forces in afghanistan. reports of attempted poisoning at a u.s. base. the latest hit following six days of violent protests. is there any way to diffuse this anger? it's monday, february 27th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chucke ed ted t ed ted t ee. the final stretch rather than focusing on the economy, santorum used back to back speeches over the weekend to catch the republican race as battle between the secular and religious. he disparaged john f. kennedy's speech on catholicism. >> i don't believe in an america with separat
both mitt romney and rick santorum seem to be trying to snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory while they are unloading on each other, they seem to be digging deeper holes for themselves. this while some party insiders still openly talk of that knight in shining armor as infighting on the right takes its toll, nbc's new battleground map shows good news for the president's re-election coming in the industrial midwest including michigan. what does that tell you about the past few weeks? that's...
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both president obama and mitt romney agreed to written interviews about their faith. joining me is reverend doctor frances wade. he put this together. first of all, i have to say, normally i would assume in previous presidential years this wouldn't be a difficult thing given both are hesitant to be so public about the faith, how difficult was this? >> actually, the campaign has twoopted very well. they were eager to do they were. they were generous in the response. it's true they delayed a long time. i think we are trusted, but it was not gift to get their attention, and they took it very seriously and followed through in a good way. the first question is how does faith play a role in your life? i've said before my faith has grown as president. as president lincoln once said i've been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction that i had no place else to go. a consequence of our common humanity is the responsibility to one another to fellow americans foremost but every child of god. i think both of those responses draw great strength from their faith
both president obama and mitt romney agreed to written interviews about their faith. joining me is reverend doctor frances wade. he put this together. first of all, i have to say, normally i would assume in previous presidential years this wouldn't be a difficult thing given both are hesitant to be so public about the faith, how difficult was this? >> actually, the campaign has twoopted very well. they were eager to do they were. they were generous in the response. it's true they delayed...
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both of them very large changes. governor romney largely explains what he couldn't get done in massachusetts because it was a democratic state dominated by liberals so he had to accommodate them. that's his language, not mine. he explains his liberal judges because he had to do it. he explains that he had tax-paid abortions in romney care because he had to do it. he doesn't quite explain why he put planned parenthood in romney care, an agency i would defund because it's the largest abortion provider in the united states. but there are these clear differences. yet his pac ran an ad which i thought was frankly worthy of "saturday night live" in which he questioned by conservative credentials despite a lifetime going back to goldwater and reagan and my own speakership of consistent conservatism. >> if this new tough campaign that you're going to take to governor romney doesn't end up helping you, do you hope that the next best thing that it does, is that it ends up helping rick santorum? >> i think rick santorum had a g
both of them very large changes. governor romney largely explains what he couldn't get done in massachusetts because it was a democratic state dominated by liberals so he had to accommodate them. that's his language, not mine. he explains his liberal judges because he had to do it. he explains that he had tax-paid abortions in romney care because he had to do it. he doesn't quite explain why he put planned parenthood in romney care, an agency i would defund because it's the largest abortion...
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it used to be what would ahmadinejad or chavez say, and now it's turned to both mitt romney and obama are addressing bill clinton. >> exactly. it's really funny because, you know, four years ago, you know, bill clinton was the villain of villains when we were going through this primary, and now it's like please, bill, please, he's our guy. >> shameless plugs, nick, go first. >> a great story in today's paper by james glance that looks at how high-tech industries like google actually have a huge old heavy industry component. they take a lot of power and energy to run these big cloud computing systems. it looks more like the old heavy industry. >> interesting. your paper meaning "the new york times." bob. >> my wife's foundation, possefoundation.org, they send big-city kids off to college. they are now sending a posse of veterans off to vassar. so people who have veterans that want to go to school, contact the posse foundation. >> very nice. and kelly, you're last. >> iivillage.com/ivote to follo the politics of the day. >> colleague on the platforms of nbc universal. that's it for toda
it used to be what would ahmadinejad or chavez say, and now it's turned to both mitt romney and obama are addressing bill clinton. >> exactly. it's really funny because, you know, four years ago, you know, bill clinton was the villain of villains when we were going through this primary, and now it's like please, bill, please, he's our guy. >> shameless plugs, nick, go first. >> a great story in today's paper by james glance that looks at how high-tech industries like google...
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listening to both romney now and obama that makes u.s. foreign policy in general, i guess, more cautious? >> i think we need to be careful about the vietnam parallels. we have reached a tech moment where we're now public opinion towards afghanistan is in permanent decline. and the stage is set for, you know, exit stage right. i think the danger here is actually we're reaching an iraq moment. we are at risk of staying too long, so long that we in trying to achieve narrow short-term objectives, we jeopardize the long-term partnership that was premised behind the intervention in iraq and the intervention in afghanistan. >> now, one of the reasons we're in afghanistan that nobody ever talks about is simply because of the issue of pakistan. this fear that pakistan's instability, they are a nuclear nation. if we have an unstable country right next door in afghanistan run by the taliban, potentially open up to al qaeda-style terrorists, then that could seep over into pakistan and that's an unstable government -- >> and that's the element of the
listening to both romney now and obama that makes u.s. foreign policy in general, i guess, more cautious? >> i think we need to be careful about the vietnam parallels. we have reached a tech moment where we're now public opinion towards afghanistan is in permanent decline. and the stage is set for, you know, exit stage right. i think the danger here is actually we're reaching an iraq moment. we are at risk of staying too long, so long that we in trying to achieve narrow short-term...
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because look, if you look at mitt romney and newt gingrich both, one has some negatives that are going to be attacked, the other has some negatives. the only difference is what negatives. i didn't get involved with speaker gingrich's tactics and i haven't been involved in governor romney's tactics. >> by the way, herman cain said his biological clock would prevent him from running for president any time in the future. making the case he could still win, gingrich cited a poll conducted before last week's disappointing debate. >> let me just say, the polls are all over the place. we just got word of a brand-new poll that came out about an hour ago that says we are now tied 35-35. >> yeah, it may have come out an hour ago at that time, but it was conducted a long time before. gingrich unloaded a series of attacks, though, on mitt romney, yet again. >> we're thinking about printing up a poster. over here, it would say "the george soros candidates, romney, obama." your money recycled through goldman sachs to mitt romney to tell you a bunch of falsehoods. what a pathetic situation, to be run
because look, if you look at mitt romney and newt gingrich both, one has some negatives that are going to be attacked, the other has some negatives. the only difference is what negatives. i didn't get involved with speaker gingrich's tactics and i haven't been involved in governor romney's tactics. >> by the way, herman cain said his biological clock would prevent him from running for president any time in the future. making the case he could still win, gingrich cited a poll conducted...
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mitt romney. rick santorum. both campaigning in eastern iowa today. it's normally a democratic strong hold in general elections. but, remember, every republican caucus goer counts. those guys in eastern iowa. rick perry, ron paul, more in central iowa today. >>> january is make or break time for the republican field. the money and the momentum, could all flow more assertively if one candidate can break through and become the alternative to mitt romney. how did we get to this point. a new ebook titled the right fights back. real-time history of the republican field up to about december 1st. i recently sat down with the co-author of the e-book. here's part of that conversation. >> what's interesting here, you went through the story of the campaign right up through that's what it felt like. reading one of those great newsweek stuff. when you look back now, three most important takeaways from this e-book right now here, now that we're closer to the end of the year. >> we try to do what it'sç lik only a few people on the planet to know what it's really l
mitt romney. rick santorum. both campaigning in eastern iowa today. it's normally a democratic strong hold in general elections. but, remember, every republican caucus goer counts. those guys in eastern iowa. rick perry, ron paul, more in central iowa today. >>> january is make or break time for the republican field. the money and the momentum, could all flow more assertively if one candidate can break through and become the alternative to mitt romney. how did we get to this point. a...
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i want to start with that, is both the romney campaign and the web video. yesterday and we saw crossroads out with a tv ad that if -- is this a fair countercharge -- basically counterattack, if you will, your bain argument about mitt romney profiting off picking winners and losers and then going and looking at the president's record of investing taxpayer money in things like solyndra and the energy issue where winners and losers were picked as well? >> well, no, it's not fair, but that's sort of aside the point with the romney campaign. let's just take a look at the facts of solyndra. we used the same competitive process that the previous administration used. politics didn't play any role and that's a known fact. and the president's not picking winners and losers. he's making strategic investment to promote clean energy. as a result of the clean energy investments that we've made, almost a quarter million jobs have been created in just the clean energy sector and we've doubled the renewable portfolio. we just heard the romney campaign say they don't believe
i want to start with that, is both the romney campaign and the web video. yesterday and we saw crossroads out with a tv ad that if -- is this a fair countercharge -- basically counterattack, if you will, your bain argument about mitt romney profiting off picking winners and losers and then going and looking at the president's record of investing taxpayer money in things like solyndra and the energy issue where winners and losers were picked as well? >> well, no, it's not fair, but that's...
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yesterday for the second day in a row, it seems that romney had both reactions to the potential out comes to prepare. >> it's clear that a big decision is coming tomorrow from the supreme court. my guess is they are not sleeping real well at the white house. if the court said look, it passes the constitution, it still is bad policy and if i am elected, we will repeal and replace it. if the court strikes it down, they will do my work for me and i won't have to repeal it, but i will still replace it. >> democrats found more quotes from mitt romney when he was governor talking about the mandate and praising his legislature at the time for putting the mandate in the health care law. does that matter? we will see. the republican party has a good deal at stake after running against health care in 2010. after the tea party rallies and the court challenges, is it possible they come up empty-handed? the house speaker was unequivocal about how republicans will respond if parts of the law are upheld. >> we're made it clear and will make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the e
yesterday for the second day in a row, it seems that romney had both reactions to the potential out comes to prepare. >> it's clear that a big decision is coming tomorrow from the supreme court. my guess is they are not sleeping real well at the white house. if the court said look, it passes the constitution, it still is bad policy and if i am elected, we will repeal and replace it. if the court strikes it down, they will do my work for me and i won't have to repeal it, but i will still...
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but romney is playing it both ways. also trying to keep expectations in check. last night the romney campaign tipped off local media to an unscheduled stop in jackson, mississippi. but didn't notify the national press corps. at a minimum, romney will wendell gats tomorrow. 47 at stake in alabama. 37 in mississippi. this weekend, though, santorum walked away from the kansas caucuses with 51% of the vote, beat romney by 30 points. santorum came away with fewer delegates. romney won 39 to santorum's 36 in wyoming's county conventions and running the gable in guam, the northern islands and virgin islan islands. romney 337 delegates in his column, santorum moved ahead of gingrich into second place with 146. the romney campaign is now fund-raising on that delegate math. but moments ago on "today," santorum said numbers will not buy romney a win in the conservative part of the republican party. >> the math is not the issue. the issue is vision. the issue is the governor romney having outspent me 10-1 is still not able to close the deal. >> south carolina senator linds
but romney is playing it both ways. also trying to keep expectations in check. last night the romney campaign tipped off local media to an unscheduled stop in jackson, mississippi. but didn't notify the national press corps. at a minimum, romney will wendell gats tomorrow. 47 at stake in alabama. 37 in mississippi. this weekend, though, santorum walked away from the kansas caucuses with 51% of the vote, beat romney by 30 points. santorum came away with fewer delegates. romney won 39 to...
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i use that term with all respect. >> i like it. >> good. >> governor romney and i both agree the tax rate is too high. >> the president mentioned a couple of other ideas. first, education. i agree. education is key. >> i agree that the democratic legislators in massachusetts might have given advice to republicans in congress about how to cooperate. bring in the panel. former senator hank brown, also cochair for the romney campaign out here. senator brown, let me start with you on the civil tone. everybody is so nice. i assume that plays well no matter what side you're on. >> absolutely. colorado is socially moderate. fiscally very conservative. it plays very well in the state. >> were you surprised how civil it was? >> it was. >> it was nasty on the airwaves. >> we sat through a lot of republican debate where is it got very nasty very quickly on the stage. it seems like both camps were very careful to tell the candidate, okay, don't lecture. that was worked on both sides. don't be peevish. >> i don't understand the obama campaign was coming out and no, no, no. not overly so. >> they
i use that term with all respect. >> i like it. >> good. >> governor romney and i both agree the tax rate is too high. >> the president mentioned a couple of other ideas. first, education. i agree. education is key. >> i agree that the democratic legislators in massachusetts might have given advice to republicans in congress about how to cooperate. bring in the panel. former senator hank brown, also cochair for the romney campaign out here. senator brown, let me...
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given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucherize the medicare system. but i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> and he said romney and ryan want voters to "pick up the tab for tax cuts for the wealthy." >> his new running mate, congressman ryan, put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. governor romney and congressman ryan will be here in new hampshire on monday. so you can tell them if you think this is fair. >> what he's referring to is the ryan budget which does zero out taxes on capital gains, most of which made up romney's tax burden. romney's plan would only eliminate taxes on capital gains and dividends for those making less than $200,000 a year. by the way, in a friday news dump, we learned that ryan paid a 15.9 effective tax rate on just over $215,000 of adjusted gross income. his tax burden in 2011 was higher at 20%. by the way, romney and ryan will have one tv interview today. and you know what they're going to be asked about, this next story. missouri republican congr
given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucherize the medicare system. but i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> and he said romney and ryan want voters to "pick up the tab for tax cuts for the wealthy." >> his new running mate, congressman ryan, put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. governor romney and congressman ryan will be here in new hampshire on monday. so you can tell them if...
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here's an ad he goes off on both newt and romney. >> we don't want government-mandated health care. yet newt gingrich supports it. and mitt romney, he put it into law in massachusetts. worse, barack obama forced it on the entire nation. >> i won't let the big government liberals ruin this country. i'm rick perry. i will appeal obama care. >> but i have to play this one which his gingrich marriages. >> i made an oath to god when i married my wife. so yeah i think it's an important issue. but the american people will figure out these issues and work their way through them. >> jonathan martin, rick perry. who's he an ally of here? that's weird when we look at this. the anti-newt stuff, what was perry more effective on? hitting romney with the first ad or hitting newt with the marriage comment? >> i think his chief opponent is now newt. because to get to mitt, at least two weeks ago that's how it was. you have to go through newt. i think even know with newt in the lead, his opponent is still newt because of the conservative vote share. it's those two that are still fighting over some of
here's an ad he goes off on both newt and romney. >> we don't want government-mandated health care. yet newt gingrich supports it. and mitt romney, he put it into law in massachusetts. worse, barack obama forced it on the entire nation. >> i won't let the big government liberals ruin this country. i'm rick perry. i will appeal obama care. >> but i have to play this one which his gingrich marriages. >> i made an oath to god when i married my wife. so yeah i think it's an...
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i feel like romney has challenges that both bush and kbo gore had to deal with. bush had to be a different type of republican. gore had the same personality issues, like iblt factors. both were successful. how does romney do it? >> he has to talk about who he is. he's got to open up a little bit. he's got to relate why his business biography and his personal biography relates to the problems the country faces and a road map on how to get there. part of the republican attack on president obama is that it's leadership that matter. it has to offer something through the american people that makes them think, okay, he's a viable alternative. you know, putting a thumb on the scale of incumbency is tough. even in these economic times the incumbent has the advantage. >> when it comes to the issue of separating -- being a different type of republican, i keep going back to this. the republican party brand has been under water. >> yeah. >> i wondered how much of romney's personal problems are a republican drag on him. >> you know we have seen it. that's why his negatives ar
i feel like romney has challenges that both bush and kbo gore had to deal with. bush had to be a different type of republican. gore had the same personality issues, like iblt factors. both were successful. how does romney do it? >> he has to talk about who he is. he's got to open up a little bit. he's got to relate why his business biography and his personal biography relates to the problems the country faces and a road map on how to get there. part of the republican attack on president...
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both santorum and newt gingrich, not mitt romney -- not barack obama, both santorum and newt gingrich yesterday, charles, attacked mitt romney for raising money on wall street. it was almost like they didn't cite the op-ed, but wall street is a dirty word right now with both bases of the party. >> absolutely. and you can never go wrong by bashing wall street. and you can never go wrong about bashing new york in that sense. everybody comes here to raise money, but wall street, the fact that people are really, really, really rich in this town that can put, you know, make mitt romney seem like a poor person, that is a real thing, and you can always go to that if you need to go to that. >> and it adds to the whole out of touch aspect and it's been a contention of mine that maybe we in the media never did a good enough job at understanding the great recession because washington and new york didn't get hit as hard. >> and mitt romney's here right now as we speak raising money in new york city. it was interesting to hear him say yesterday an interview with fox news when he was asked about al
both santorum and newt gingrich, not mitt romney -- not barack obama, both santorum and newt gingrich yesterday, charles, attacked mitt romney for raising money on wall street. it was almost like they didn't cite the op-ed, but wall street is a dirty word right now with both bases of the party. >> absolutely. and you can never go wrong by bashing wall street. and you can never go wrong about bashing new york in that sense. everybody comes here to raise money, but wall street, the fact...
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with the race tightening, sunshine state is shaping up, a must-win for both romney and gingrich. what is at stake with two guys who know the state inside and out. >>> but first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. it starts in nevada, then goes suburban denver. maybe the most important swing county in the county, arapaho county. you are watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. [ female announcer ] live the regular life. i'm always looking for new ways to help me manage my diabetes. take a look at this. freestyle lite test strips? they need just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. wow! look at that! and you can get these strips for a $15 monthly co-pay simply by joining the freestyle promise program. alright! looks like i'm going to be test
with the race tightening, sunshine state is shaping up, a must-win for both romney and gingrich. what is at stake with two guys who know the state inside and out. >>> but first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. it starts in nevada, then goes suburban denver. maybe the most important swing county in the county, arapaho county. you are watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one...
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both the president and mitt romney today, as you know, hit two states that both of them need -- iowa and colorado -- in order to make the path to 270 a lot less complicated. watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. aspirin, really? i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin wouldn't really help my headache, i don't think. aspirin is just old school. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. what's different? it has micro-particles. enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of pain. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car, and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness, where your price won't increase due to your first accident. we also offer a hassle-free lifetime repair guarantee, where the repairs made on your car are guaranteed for life, or they're on us. these
both the president and mitt romney today, as you know, hit two states that both of them need -- iowa and colorado -- in order to make the path to 270 a lot less complicated. watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. aspirin, really? i haven't thought about aspirin for years. aspirin wouldn't really help my headache, i don't think. aspirin is just old school. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a...
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next, with the president and mitt romney will be both in in virginia as the polls increasingly favor the president and the calendar is mitt romney's nemesis. just six days until the first debate. 40 days until the election. the president stumps in virginia beach today while romney is in springfield. those swing state polls show mitt romney down. and his campaign is now reserved another $3.4 million in ad time in those crucial states, including $1.5 million for virginia. but it's ohio's numbers that are raising a lot of eyebrows today. the president hinted at the 47% video there that's been so devastate for his opponent. >> i have spent a lot of time in ohio, and i don't meet a lot of victories. i see a lot of hard work in ohio ans. >> "new york times" political analyst nate silver calculates that mitt romney's chance of winning ohio is 3.6%. as we've been tell you, no republican has won the white house without it. >>> despite the polls piling up against him mitt romney insists he can win. >> i believe in america, and i believe in you. i believe you're going to help me win ohio, i'll
next, with the president and mitt romney will be both in in virginia as the polls increasingly favor the president and the calendar is mitt romney's nemesis. just six days until the first debate. 40 days until the election. the president stumps in virginia beach today while romney is in springfield. those swing state polls show mitt romney down. and his campaign is now reserved another $3.4 million in ad time in those crucial states, including $1.5 million for virginia. but it's ohio's numbers...
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ratings that both candidates -- mitt romney, i want to focus on mitt romney. president's over 50% or better. personal favorable, florida, virginia, ohio. of these three states, romney upside-down like in the nbc/"wall street journal" poll in virginia and ohio more have unfavorable impression than favorable. numbers in florida. 457-43 positive that it's moving -- again, sort of more proof that florida here of the three is probably romney's best shot right now. >> exactly. and i think this is the measure of likability and the president does better on that than he does in terms of his approval rating. romney ultimately, if he's really going to put this obama first term at risk, he's got to be a little more convincing. seems to be the case in florida, not in the other swing states. right now talking about 60 electoral votes in these three states combined. this is potentially make or break land for the next election. >> all right. let me make you get into the weeds here a little built, because explain, a lot of people will look at our party i.d. splits in these thr
ratings that both candidates -- mitt romney, i want to focus on mitt romney. president's over 50% or better. personal favorable, florida, virginia, ohio. of these three states, romney upside-down like in the nbc/"wall street journal" poll in virginia and ohio more have unfavorable impression than favorable. numbers in florida. 457-43 positive that it's moving -- again, sort of more proof that florida here of the three is probably romney's best shot right now. >> exactly. and i...
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that means both romney, who is in ohio and iowa today, and the president will probably end up spending more of their time in the midwest than they had planned with possible stops in colorado and florida. second, barring problems with federal disaster response, the president is likely to have a messaging advantage, if you will, as he gets to run are the government. he does run the government. he is the president. he simply has to do his job. by comparison in the next four days, hurricane sandy will replace mitt romney, does he have momentum or not story as the lead of nearly every swing state newspaper and newscast. the lead story will not be something that goes along like today, romney took his message of change to fill in the blank. and finally, the storm could put a premium on mechanics. and while the romney campaign is certainly a lot better than john mccain's 2008 operation, the more this race focuses on mechanics, the better it is probably for the obama campaign. asked whether the storm could affect early voting, the president said that remains to be seen. >> we don't anticipate t
that means both romney, who is in ohio and iowa today, and the president will probably end up spending more of their time in the midwest than they had planned with possible stops in colorado and florida. second, barring problems with federal disaster response, the president is likely to have a messaging advantage, if you will, as he gets to run are the government. he does run the government. he is the president. he simply has to do his job. by comparison in the next four days, hurricane sandy...
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romney leads in both states, a large lead in arizona a small one in michigan. it is a battle between organization and momentum. >>> and about that auto bailout, our poll shows it is very popular in michigan. today, a deep dive in the mitt romney history with the auto industry. he grew up around it. says he loves cars, but could his tough talk for detroit dash any hopes of putting the state in the november battleground? >>> plus, president obama gets set to roll out corporate tax reform today that would lower rates, but boy, does he sure seem upbeat these days? ♪ come on, baby don't you want to go ♪ ♪ airport no place, sweet home chicago ♪ >> did say, that was pretty impressive. good morning from washington, it is wednesday, february 22nd, 2012, this is the daily run down. get to my reads. >>> a week until the make or break michigan primary. mitt romney and rick santorum locked in a statistical tie, 47% of likely voters for romney, rick santorum, 35. newt gingrich in single din yates 8. in arizona, romney on safer ground, leads santorum by 16 points, 43-
romney leads in both states, a large lead in arizona a small one in michigan. it is a battle between organization and momentum. >>> and about that auto bailout, our poll shows it is very popular in michigan. today, a deep dive in the mitt romney history with the auto industry. he grew up around it. says he loves cars, but could his tough talk for detroit dash any hopes of putting the state in the november battleground? >>> plus, president obama gets set to roll out corporate...
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romney and against both -- against obama. >> let me ask you about what you're doing in texas. explain who is going to be there? >> well, i don't know who's going to be there. i deliberately remained ignorant of that. it's, you know, an off-the-record discussion among friends about the best way forward for the cause we all believe in. bob and i are cobelligerents. we've been in many meetings together and want the same things for america and we're going to have a discussion about the best way to get there. >> that is to -- is this about stopping romney? is that exactly what it is? >> not necessarily. >> go ahead. >> not necessarily. it's about finding the best candidate in the end for social conservatives as an alternative to what many people fear, which is a second-term obama who never has to face the american voters again. >> you know, congressman, someone at a perry rally yesterday referred to romney as mccain 2.0 and that wasn't a remark that was meant to be a positive. >> well, i think the fear is that we'll try to run to the middle, not stand for something, and an uncertai
romney and against both -- against obama. >> let me ask you about what you're doing in texas. explain who is going to be there? >> well, i don't know who's going to be there. i deliberately remained ignorant of that. it's, you know, an off-the-record discussion among friends about the best way forward for the cause we all believe in. bob and i are cobelligerents. we've been in many meetings together and want the same things for america and we're going to have a discussion about the...
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romney is 49/47 in the gw survey. both sort of paint the same picture. >>> all right. president obama is staying out of sight. they are focusing less on substance and more on style. joining me on behalf of the obama campaign, mr. mare, you are not shy. i've moderated a town hall with you, actually, during the convention. you weren't shy at all. what's your concern about the president? if you were giving the president advice, what would you be telling him? >> don't overcorrect. you can over correct. the president has severe ring rust you know what it's like being around the president. he's really not accustomed to people talking to him the way romney did after three years of running the country. i compare it to the ali fight of 1971 and frasier knocked him down. history remembers winners. he can overcorrect and he needs to predict not his likability so much. it's a very important quality but the president will do what is needed. that's why he's been down for the last few days. he understands that this is important. and it's really important to the base, chuck. while i t
romney is 49/47 in the gw survey. both sort of paint the same picture. >>> all right. president obama is staying out of sight. they are focusing less on substance and more on style. joining me on behalf of the obama campaign, mr. mare, you are not shy. i've moderated a town hall with you, actually, during the convention. you weren't shy at all. what's your concern about the president? if you were giving the president advice, what would you be telling him? >> don't overcorrect....
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mitt romney came in third in both southern states. he skipped last night's speeches to head to new york. his
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the obama and romney campaigns are both touting their respective policies as the answer to social security's future and spreading misinformation on medicare. my thursday panel, al fan so who led the u.s. office of citizenship during the bush administration, yak jackie, covers politics for "usa today" and he makes his home at "the chicago tribune ". >> yes, sir. >> jackie, i want to go back to this focus that here we are and it's been three weeks since there's been a coordinated messaging from the romney campaign on the economy. here we are five days in on ryan and talking about medicare. >> yep. i think -- i don't know how they couldn't have predicted that. the ryan budget has been -- i mean in the house, that's all anyone talked about. hitting candidates on. i think, you know, that could be a problem for them down the line. i mean, they don't want to talk about this medicare thing and they have to explain it once they need to put out something substantive to, you know, to stop all the speculation about what their plan is. >> what's interesting, clarence, they decided they rhetorically have
the obama and romney campaigns are both touting their respective policies as the answer to social security's future and spreading misinformation on medicare. my thursday panel, al fan so who led the u.s. office of citizenship during the bush administration, yak jackie, covers politics for "usa today" and he makes his home at "the chicago tribune ". >> yes, sir. >> jackie, i want to go back to this focus that here we are and it's been three weeks since there's...
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has been on, ironically, romney would say, both sides of many issues. is not telling the truth about his role as a lobbyist. and i think all of this is part of their new plan to create a character distinction. and i think it really is going to be a character race. >> cynthia tucker, you have been writing for the atlanta paper for a long time. you have known newt gingrich for -- >> i have known every newt, all the newts. >> i'm going to guess this is a rare occasion where you and jennifer are going to gre on almost every point. >> i agree with every point except the business about both sides of issues. that is certainly true for newt gingrich, but it's true for mitt romney -- >> you've probably spent more time observing newt gingrich than any of us because you were there before he came into leadership in the late '70s and '80s. what is mitt romney underestimating about him? >> i think that he may have -- he now knows how good newt gingrich is at standing up to a challenge. if mitt romney thought that newt was just going to immediately melt away over atta
has been on, ironically, romney would say, both sides of many issues. is not telling the truth about his role as a lobbyist. and i think all of this is part of their new plan to create a character distinction. and i think it really is going to be a character race. >> cynthia tucker, you have been writing for the atlanta paper for a long time. you have known newt gingrich for -- >> i have known every newt, all the newts. >> i'm going to guess this is a rare occasion where you...